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Microsoft released today the first public preview of Windows MIDI Services, which adds support for the MIDI 2.0 protocol on Windows 11 and more buff.ly/3CHg4mF

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Tapestry, the new app from Twitterific developer The Iconfactory offers a unified timeline that aggregates posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, and other platforms buff.ly/3Q6pBa3

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Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference will return to Seattle this year on May 19-22, and the event will likely have a heavy AI/Copilot focus buff.ly/3CMSEfB

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2024 was Spotify's first full year of profitability after 18 years on the market. One of the company's main priorities in 2025 will be to deliver a best-in-class video experience buff.ly/40K1Vgr

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Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are both coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025, with the first one launching on Sony’s console on March 4 buff.ly/4gxXyLf

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Various hidden features have been recently discovered in Windows 11 preview builds including a new file sharing UI and the option to show smaller icons in the taskbar buff.ly/42L4Hon

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Apple's new Invites app on iPhones and the web aims to improve the process of creating events and sharing memories with their participants. However, creating events requires an iCloud+ subscription buff.ly/4aJSgLC

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Apple is offering six months of Apple Music for just $2.99 as a part of a limited-time promotion ahead of Super Bowl LIX buff.ly/4jLs5bC

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The first wave of new Game Pass games for February will bring Starfield and three other games to the new Game Pass Standard tier buff.ly/4hepGV3

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 03/02/2025

Apple has publicly criticized the release of the first porn app on AltStore PAL, one of the first alternative app stores for iPhone users in the EU buff.ly/3WLR5Wc

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Outlook for Mac is getting the ability to recall emails sent by mistake, which was a top-requested feature buff.ly/3El2KFf

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 03/02/2025

Microsoft is discontinuing the free VPN that was available with its Microsoft Defender app for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers buff.ly/4aIoYNi

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 03/02/2025

OpenAI launched yesterday Deep research, a new “agentic” feature in ChatGPT Pro that turns the chatbot into a powerful research assistant buff.ly/3QmZyf3

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 01/02/2025

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek AI has been all over the news this week thanks to its highly competitive and affordable AI models. This is a serious wake-up call for Big Tech companies and AI startups currently spending billions of dollars to lead the generative AI race buff.ly/3Cyf308

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The AI-powered Windows Search experience that’s currently available in preview on Copilot+ PCs can now surface photos stored in OneDrive buff.ly/4jPXzxg

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Apple has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company was aware of battery swelling issues on its early Apple Watch models buff.ly/40DoymH

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Start.gg, an online tournament platform that Microsoft acquired back in December 2020 has just reclaimed its independence buff.ly/4hzT6g4

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Google is improving its Gemini assistant with its new 2.0. Flash model. The chatbot is also getting better image generation capabilities powered by Google's latest Imagen 3 model buff.ly/4hybplG

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Forza Horizon 5, one of the most critically-acclaimed Xbox exclusive games of this console generation is coming to PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025 buff.ly/3EhnKMR

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Amazon has quietly raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, the UK, and Canada. The service now costs $11.99/month for non-Prime members in the US, just like Spotify Premium buff.ly/3PUBWhB

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Microsoft is improving the consumer version of its Copilot assistant by making its "Think Deeper” feature free to use for all users buff.ly/3CGQkqt

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Microsoft is making DeepSeek's R1 AI model available for developers via Azure AI Foundry and GitHub after "rigorous safety evaluations" buff.ly/3Cxm8hA

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 29/01/2025

New Intel-powered versions of Microsoft's Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for business customers will start shipping on February 18 buff.ly/4aGo8R3

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Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel can now test the redesigned File Explorer Home with Recent, Favorites, and Shared sections buff.ly/3PWII6w

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 29/01/2025

The upcoming PC version of The Last of Us Part 2: Remastered won't require a PlayStation account, and Sony is also making PSN accounts optional for three of its existing PC games buff.ly/4hbyPxF

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Laurent Giret @laurentgiret.com · 29/01/2025

Microsoft has started testing various improvements to the Phone Link integration in the Windows 11 Start Menu, including an easy way to share files across devices buff.ly/4hdnSvj

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OpenAI is launching today ChatGPT Gov, a new version of its chatbot that US government agencies can self-host on their Azure commercial cloud buff.ly/4hbNOYh

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Xbox head Phil Spencer explained this week that forcing developers to optimize their games for the Xbox Series S may actually help the company with its gaming handheld plans buff.ly/3PSGEw8

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Microsoft's Dev Home app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 will be retired in May 2025. However, the company is planning to bring a subset of its features to "new places" buff.ly/40S0uht

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